Following Tuesday evening’s debate of the senatorial special election candidates at Chelsea City Hall some things become self-apparent. First, this is a contest being waged against three main contenders – and of that number, two are locked in the battle more so than the third, who is gaining in recognition. Attorney Tim Flaherty scored...
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Language barrier – Senator reminded not to use Irish brogue again in debate
Mimicking an Irish brogue is not the way to make friends and influence important people when attempting to erase Bunker Hill Day and Evacuation Day as Suffolk County Holidays. Senator Michael Knapik, the leader of the anti Bunker Hill Day voices – from the western part of the state – while debating with Gene...
Iannetti nets hat trick as St. Mary’s advances to Division 1 State final
Fame arrives quickly in the State Tournament. You do something really special in a big game – like scoring a hat trick – and then you open up your Globe and your Herald the next day and there are your personal quotes and a photo of you celebrating a goal. Sabrina Iannetti, come on...
Charter review off to questionable start
The story is told that the newly convened Charter Review selection committee at its organizational meeting last week considered the suggestion that the Charter Review Committee yet to be chosen be picked randomly by writing names on a piece of paper, folding them up, placing them in a hat and then picking them out...
Arrest Report 03-10-2010
Tuesday, March 2 Edgar Gonzalez, 20, 143 Columbia Rd., Boston, was arrested for distribution of Class A drug. Michel Thomas, 36, 40 Jones Ave., Chelsea, was arrested for shoplifting. Alicia French, 25, 50 Parker St., Chelsea, was arrested for assault and battery. Limary Moreno, 26, 62 Chester Ave., Chelsea, was arrested on a warrant....
Obituaries 03-10-2010
Flora Teele North End resident Flora (Leo) Teele of the North End of Boston died on March 8. She was 101 years old. Born in 1909 to Raffaele and Clementina Leo, she was the last surviving sibling. She was the cherished mother of Ralph Teele and his wife, Sheila, of Cottonwood, AZ and Bruce...
Rodriguez eliminated from American Idol
Chelsea resident Ashley Rodriguez’s quest to be the next “American Idol” came to end on the popular show last Thursday night. Rodriguez was one of four contestants who did not advance to the next round. Janell Wheeler, Joe Munoz, and Tyler Grady were also ousted from the Fox Network’s nationally televised singing competition Many...
Red Devils fall to Reading
The Chelsea High boys basketball team had their state title aspirations ended by a hot-shooting Reading High School team, 76-66, in the Division 2 North quarterfinals Saturday night at the Sol Nechtem Gymnasium. Reading guard Trey Jones scored 33 points, with most of his baskets coming from long range. The Reading guards seemed to...
Night-time closures have begun on Chelsea Bridge
Consultant for the Chelsea Street Bridge project, John Vitagliano, announced that preliminary traffic closures on the bridge will commence in the first week of March. “This is the start of a four month series of temporary night-time closures from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. for a couple of days per week and occasional weekend...
Charter review selection committee has first meeting
Tuesday night marked the first meeting – an organizational get together – of the newly appointed Charter Review Selection Committee responsible for setting the boundaries and establishing the format for the Charter Review Committee. The city council voted 11-0 to convene such a Charter Review Committee last month The committee members were named recently...
The Charter Review committee’s imperative and mandate
A Charter Review selection committee has been chosen. The long and complex process of examining the city charter and the likelihood of making some changes in its composition has begun. There should be no bickering in doing the right thing that leads to the proper make-up of the ultimate Charter Review Committee. Political agendas...
Ashley Rodrigeuz
There is an old quote uttered by a 19th Century American Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes that sums up where Ashley Rodriguez is today. “The higher you’ve climbed the greater the fall. Never speak of the end of a period for you are always at the beginning of a new one.” Rodriguez...
Obituaries 03-04-2010
Lorraine Doucette, 91 Former Everett resident Lorraine K. (Ball) Doucette died on February 26 at the Glenridge Nursing Care Center in Medford/Malden where she has been receiving supportive care for the past nine years. She was 91 years old. Born and raised in Everett, she was the daughter of the late William and Ann...
Arrest Report 03-04-2010
Monday, February 22 Oscar Flores, 28, 58 Grove St., Chelsea, was arrested for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Ronnie Bastian, 21, 165 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea, was arrested for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, Motor vehicle use in felony, reckless operation of motor vehicle, leaving scene of personal injury, assault to...
City-Eastern Minerals reach historic cooperative agreement
The city council is set to approve a major cooperative agreement with Eastern Minerals, ending years of battling over zoning and turf rights and ending with major public improvements along the waterfront extending about 1000 feet from the Meridian Street Bridge eastward. A resolution known as the Marginal Street Corridor Improvement Project itemizing the...
Chelsea advances in State Tournament
The Chelsea High School basketball team put together a splendid 25-point fourth quarter to pull away from a pesky Wakefield High team and claim a 60-47 victory Tuesday night in the MIAA State Tournament at the Sol Nechtem Gymnasium. Cesar Castro scored a game-high 24 points and added 11 assists while freshman Sammy Mojica...
Council meets on status of budget deficit “fixes"
Late fall, City Manager Jay Ash reported that the combination of local aid reductions, a slow down in revenues associated with economic development and higher health insurance costs, among other items, could thrust the City’s budget into a $6.5 million deficit. Since then, numerous actions have been taken, including the elimination of more than...
State of the City report details strategies
Record Staff City Manager Jay Ash’s annual State of the City report highlights the City’s resolve to accomplish much while addressing the challenges that a tough economy presents. That determination could be considered steadfast, which by no coincidence is the title given to the twenty page report on the City’s accomplishments in 2009 and...
Nothing lasts forever
There are two convergent issues gaining in importance everyday as long they remain unresolved. They are the cost for city paid health insurance for municipal employees both active and retired and the unwillingness of municipal employee unions to negotiate to head off the inevitable. The inevitable is already here. The cost for city paid...
LNG, again
We cannot emphasize the importance of beginning a process which ends with LNG bound for the Distrigas Terminal in Everett to be off-loaded outside of the inner confines of Boston Harbor. Allowing LNG tankers to transit under the Tobin Bridge into Boston Harbor on their way to a berth in Everett is tempting the...
Tiger Woods
For those of you struggling in your marriages, the appearance of Tiger Woods on national television apologizing for his indiscretions was a quintessential American television moment. Was he sincere? We believe so – why else make an apology to the nation with your mother sitting in front of you. Problematic with his apology, however,...
Arrest Report 02-25-2010
Monday, February 15 Christian Pagan, 21, 20 Ingleside Ave., Chelsea, was arrested for assault and threat to commit crime. Yadira Pagan, 45, 229 Maddison St., East Boston, was arrested for shoplifting. Herbert Nelson, 50, 10 Yeaman St., Revere, was arrested for abuse prevention order violation. Gia Gaeta, 24, 11 George Ave., Revere, was arrested...
Obituaries 02-25-2010
Charles ‘Chuck’ Wilson Lifelong Chelsea resident Charles P. “Chuck” Wilson of Chelsea passed away on Thursday February 18th at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Worcester after a long Illness. He was 43 years of age. He grew up in Chelsea, attended local schools and graduated from Chelsea High School. He worked as a tow truck...
O’Flaherty saves city $600K in revenues
The value of an effective legislator may not be more evident than word that Representative Eugene O’Flaherty has managed to recover $600,000 a year for City services. With the transfer of the Tobin Bridge from Massport to the newly created Department of Transportation under the State’s transportation reform initiative, the annual payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) that...
